It’s easier than dealing with the terrible state of the Jamaican economy, largely due to the actions of the World Bank, and the poverty and crime that is engulfing the island.

Maybe if your government and that Boston Brahman (and his predecessors) that you elected as POTUS weren’t so much in the pay of Wall Street and actually cared about people instead of profits as well as letting corporations fuck the Third World over for resources, Jamaica might not be so fucked up. But it is, and this boycott isn’t helping things, certainly not for JFLAG. Want to help Jamaica? Tell President Obama to give AIG and the other greedy Wall Street financiers/hedge fund barons a swift kick in the nuts AND the ass, and make the stop their greedy bullshit; maybe the problems that bedevil Jamaica and that are behind all of its troubles could be resolved, with the pressure that you speak of gone. That’s a lot better way of helping Jamaica that what’s being done here.

I am hoping that MCC considers all those options before declaring a boycott – and I believe that they are doing so. MCC has been making an effort to bring an inclusive gospel to the island and has been working with JFLAG (who I know does not support a boycott).

Personally, my experience with Jamaica is limited to a day stop on a cruise trip. But I don’t intend to return until the civil authorities can ensure my safety.

How are things in Trinidad?

Absolutely, just part of my disagreement means I choose to spend my money elsewhere.

I believe (could be wrong of course) that we’re seeing the same scapegoating in Jamaica that we see in the States stated more violently. Things aren’t going so well? Stone the fags. It’s easier than dealing with the terrible state of the Jamaican economy, largely due to the actions of the World Bank, and the poverty and crime that is engulfing the island.